manti

noun

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"manti" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“manti” is uncommon English (frequency #69,226 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,226
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine

Corpus desk

Index EN-manti · manti · English

manti · rank #69,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,226
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH manilla

Nearest frequency peer: manilla (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “manti”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “manti” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for manti
PropertyValue
Headwordmanti
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#69,226
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “manti” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).mantifalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “manilla” (#69,225), “Marseillaise” (#69,228), “malbec” (#69,223). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “manti” is #69,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

manti is uncommon English at frequency #69,226 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for manti, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: The immediate source is Turkish mantı or Ottoman Turkish مانطی (mantı). Before that, the origin is obscure. The word was widespread in Central Asia by the 13th century. Possibly from Middle Chinese 饅頭 (man duw), which would make it a doublet of mandu, manju… The correct English form is manti, spelled M-A-N-T-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    A type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how manti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And they kept one of the national dishes, manti (pasta stuffed with ground beef served in garlic-yogurt sauce, $11.50), as well as lahmacun, sort of a Turkish pizza ($3), and arnavut cigeri (fried calf's liver and potatoes, $5.75), a hot appetizer.
  2. Crowding the table were miniature, hand-formed lamb dumplings called manti; flaky pastries, called boreks, filled with wild greens; and an elaborate paste of chicken, wheat and pistachios called keskek.

Etymology

The immediate source is Turkish mantı or Ottoman Turkish مانطی (mantı). Before that, the origin is obscure. The word was widespread in Central Asia by the 13th century. Possibly from Middle Chinese 饅頭 (man duw), which would make it a doublet of mandu, manju, and mantou.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manti"?
"manti" is spelled M-A-N-T-I.
What does "manti" mean?
As a noun, "manti" means: A type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine
What is the origin of the word "manti"?
The immediate source is Turkish mantı or Ottoman Turkish مانطی (mantı). Before that, the origin is obscure. The word was widespread in Central Asia by the 13th century. Possibly from Middle Chinese 饅頭 (man duw), which would make it a doublet of ma... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "manti", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marts#69,229matta#69,234lulls#69,214lovie#69,213

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list